招牌拉面 (NT$75)!
Taiwan trip signature ramen (招牌拉面) at NT$75 (~SGD$3.40): a creamy tonkotsu-style bowl with chashu, narutomaki, braised egg, menma, nori and corn. Budget Taiwan ramen.
On the Taiwan trip: 招牌拉面 (signature ramen) at NT$75 (~SGD$3.40). Taiwan ramen. 😋
What was in the bowl:
- Creamy tonkotsu-style broth: the pale, milky pork-bone soup
- Chashu: pork slices through the soup
- Narutomaki: the pink-spiral fishcake (a flash of pink at the side)
- Braised egg: the soy-stained egg
- Menma (bamboo shoots): the pale strips on top
- Nori + sweet corn: the seaweed and the corn kernels scattered through
The 招牌拉面 (signature ramen) is a restaurant’s flagship bowl, and in Taiwan the ramen scene is its own thing: Japanese ramen adapted to Taiwanese tastes, sometimes with local ingredient twists, sometimes leaning more towards the Japanese-fusion end. This bowl ran the creamy tonkotsu-style playbook, the milky pork broth with the full topping spread of chashu, narutomaki, egg, menma, nori and corn.
The corn is a nice tell of the Taiwan/regional take, sweet corn kernels are a common addition to ramen in Taiwan and Hokkaido-style bowls, adding little pops of sweetness against the savoury broth. The narutomaki and menma keep it anchored in the Japanese ramen tradition.
The value is the headline: at NT$75 (~SGD$3.40), this is proper Taiwan budget-ramen pricing, a fully loaded bowl for the price of a kopitiam drink back home. Taiwan’s food value remains one of the great pleasures of travelling there.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. 😋👍🏼 A loaded, creamy signature ramen at an unbeatable Taiwan price. Would re-visit.
